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Stocks That Crossed 52-Week Highs (ACCL, ACTL, AEHR, BCPC, BBBY)
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 2:32pm | 478Accelrys, Inc (NASDAQ: ACCL) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $7.27 and created a new 52-week high of $7.28. ACCL has recently appointed Todd Johnson as its Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services. Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) was another stock that made a new 52-week high...
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Cymer (CYMI) Down 8% After Beating Estimates
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 12:53pm | 131Shares of Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI) were trading at $36.49, 8% down from yesterday's closing price of $39.69. The stock was down despite the fact that Cymer, Inc. announced on Thursday after the market closed that it had produced earnings that beat Wall Street estimates. Cymer, Inc. reported that...
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Citigroup (C): How You Might Trade a Low-Dollar Stock
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 12:20pm | 1594Citigroup may seem like a complicated stock to trade at its current low price, but trading 1,000 shares of Citigroup at $4.88 is like trading 100 shares of a stock worth $48.80. Investments, after all, should be viewed in terms of percentage returns. The same general concept is true for options...
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Stocks That Have Crossed 52-Week Highs (ADEP, CCMP, CACH, CHSI, CECE)
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 3:33pm | 244Adept Technology (NASDAQ: ADEP) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $5 and created a new 52-week high of $5.34, before slipping to $5.11. ADEP offers intelligent robotics systems and services for the packaging, solar, medical, disk drive/electronics, machine tool automation and automotive...
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Fast Money Trades Off Intel (INTC, HPQ, MRVL, TER, LRCX, XLK, GLW)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 5:46pm | 151The Fast Money traders offered their derivative tech plays after Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) blowout quarter yesterday. Guy Adami said he likes Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and he also believes Intel is a good bet, though he'd wait on it to see if it can hold current levels. Joe Terranova thinks going...
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Top Performing Industries For April 14 (RMBS, ETM, KLIC, IPG, CHCI)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 3:56pm | 270At 1:04 p.m., Dow gained 64.77, or 0.59%, to 11,084.19, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8.99, or 0.75%, to 1,206.29. The Nasdaq composite index moved up 28.92, or 1.17%, to 2494.91. The industries that are driving the market today are: Semiconductor- Memory Chips: The top...
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VECO Hits 52-Week High
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 10:28am | 78Veeco Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: VECO) surged past its 52-week high to create a new high at $48.10. Canaccord Adams raised its estimates and price target for VECO from $38 to $47. Shares of VECO have been rising steadily for the past couple of months and have spiked 514.12% in 52 weeks, as compares...
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Bulls Flock to Teradyne
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 10:16am | 128Teradyne (NYSE: TER), a supplier of automatic test equipment, is moving higher this morning by 5.00% to $12.03. There does not appear to be any news currently floating around to support the movement, but buying it they are and not just the stock. The May $12.50 calls have been bought since the open...
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US Stock Futures Point To Strong Opening Today
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 9:03am | 227Stock futures pointed to a stronger open today, after Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) posted better-than-expected earnings. Futures for the S&P 500 moved up 3.4 points to 1196.5, while those for the Nasdaq added 10.25 points. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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ASML Shines In Q1 On Jump In Orders
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 8:59am | 212Dutch-based provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, ASML (NASDAQ: ASML), doubled its profits in the first quarter, as its sales jumped. With ASML’s bookings crossing the €1 billion ($1.36 billion) mark, there are renewed hopes of the tech sector seeing acceleration in its...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (CRXX, AIB, KLIC, HOTT)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 8:13am | 231CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) rose 30.08% to $1.73 in the pre-market session. CombinatoRx Incorporated announced today the publication of new preclinical data in BLOOD, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology. The 52-week trading range for CRXX is $0.49 - $2.60. In the last...
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Benzinga’s News Roundup (JPM, IGTE, MAPP, ASML)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 7:58am | 324JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) reported today a first-quarter net income of $3.3 billion, or $0.74 per share, as compared to a net income of $2.1 billion, or $0.40 per share, for the same quarter last year. Total net revenue was $27.7 billion for the quarter. Analysts had expected JPM to...
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Top 5 Large-Cap NASDAQ Stocks With Highest Dividend Yield (PAYX, ADP, INTC, CMCSA, AMAT)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 5:36am | 169Below are the top large-cap stocks in the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) has a dividend yield of 4. PAYX’s shares have risen by 17.02% over the past 52 weeks, as compared to a 42.28% gain in the S&P 500. Automatic Data Processing, Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) has a dividend...
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Short Sellers Believe The Tech Run Is Over (MU, INTC, AMAT)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 7:21am | 256Many tech stocks have doubled or tripled from the March market lows. Short sellers are in many cases willing to bet that ride is not over. The short interest in Micron (NYSE: MU) rose 75 million shares to 63.3 million. Shares short in Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) were up 3.1 million to 53.4 million. The...
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Dead Cat Bounces of the S&P 500
Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 9:32pm | 344Forget the Dogs of the Dow. How about the Dead Cat Bounces of the Standard & Poor's 500? A dead cat bounce takes place when a generally bad stock drops substantially and has a little bounce in price after the big drop. If you take a look at the stocks of the S&P 500 that have greatly...